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Reply to Researchers have captured the signal of neutrinos from a nuclear reactor using a water-filled neutrino detector, a first for such a device. The finding offers the possibility of making neutrino detectors from a nontoxic material that is easy to handle and inexpensive to obtain. by MistWeaver80

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socio-pathetic t1_jams8gj wrote

Reply to comment by Purple_Passion000 in Based on data from 36 low- and middle-income countries(LMICs), women are more likely to terminate their pregnancies if they were married, had more than four children, were over 30, or had higher levels of education. About 45% of all abortions are considered unsafe, of which 97% take place in LMICs. by MistWeaver80

I think they mean unsafe for the mother. 100% are dangerous for the baby.

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ToldYouTrumpSucked t1_jamr7xn wrote

Reply to comment by Ok-Cut4890 in Anxiety can be created by the body, mouse heart study suggests by halebounddr

This is how it works for me but with alcohol. Been drinking less lately but I always used to use the “it’s been a long day at work, I need a drink to unwind” excuse to grab a few beers after work but now that I don’t drink much during the week, I can feel my body create stress and anxiety even on easy/short days at work in order to get me to justify buying a 6 pack on the way home. Anecdotal I know but glad to see that I’m not crazy.

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tacomonster92 t1_jamr0ky wrote

Reply to comment by hectichead22 in For the first time researchers have proven a clear correlation between deforestation and regional precipitation. by YoanB

It's a bit more than that. We've known about the water cycle of plants and what role they play in their environment for some time. That's why I find this all strange. It's not just the common sense it's the fact we knew but now I guess we've finally proven it, again?

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thesaga t1_jamo40x wrote

Reply to comment by LoaMemphisZoo in A study found that "cannabis use is common amongst patients with tinnitus and current users of cannabis reported that it helped with their symptoms." by OregonTripleBeam

I’m not saying most cannabis smokers are musicians/music lovers, only that I’d be shocked if there wasn’t a higher percentage of stoners in the music scene than the general population - which would draw a line between cannabis consumption and tinnitus

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Ok-Cut4890 t1_jamnpv3 wrote

Reply to Anxiety can be created by the body, mouse heart study suggests by halebounddr

This is exactly how my IBS works. I get wacky anxiety and I know it's a cue to take my viberzi cause my guts are in distress. I can't even feel the discomfort. I just know it's there due to how my inner monologue changes. Goes away within an hour of taking my medication.

Doctors told me for decades my IBS was my own conscious decision. The viberzi taught me that is absolutely not true. Really disgusting the way I was treated.

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hellomondays t1_jamki3h wrote

Reply to The weaponization of medicine: Early psychosis in the Black community and the need for racially informed mental healthcare by Whey-Men

>Research by Strakowski et al. (66, 67) has shown there to be a clinician overemphasis on the relevance of psychotic symptoms and an underemphasis on mood-related symptoms in the diagnosis of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders in African Americans. This pattern was also found in a more recent study conducted by Gara et al. (39), which showed that, when compared with Non-Latino Whites, African Americans who screened positive for major depression (moderately severe to severe depression) were significantly more likely to receive a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia. Gara et al. (68) found no significant difference between blind ratings for the severity of depressive and manic symptoms between African American and White individuals; however, African American patients were assigned higher ratings of psychosis. This suggests that in Black patients, clinicians tend to overemphasize psychotic symptoms, and diagnoses may be “skewed” toward schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, even though they exhibit similar levels of depressive and manic symptoms as White individuals (68). Misdiagnosing patients through the influence of bias and stereotypes can harm patients psychologically or socially (14), as per Figure 2.

I've seen this a lot on treatment teams working at short term hospitals. Symptoms more congruent with severe mood disorders being determined to be from psychosis and being given treatment as such. Then just confusion by psychiatrists when the medication isn't working and they need to switch it up.

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